Pirate Bay vows to take fight to European Court Of Human Rights

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"The Pirate Bay will now file charges against Sweden for violation for Human Rights", defiantly stated Pirate Bay defendant Peter Sunde on Twitter over the weekend.

He made the comment following the news that the appeals court has cleared the judge in the original Pirate Bay trial, Tomas Nordstrom, of any bias accusations over the fact he was a member of pro-copyright organisations.

The district court in which Nordstrom normally sits says he had only joined the intellectual property bodies to be better informed of the issues being addressed in the trial. The appeals court did rebuke the judge for not disclosing that fact before the trial, however.

That means that the defendants' demand for a complete retrial have been turned down, however the court is still ruling on whether an appeal can be granted.

Peter Sunde's response, vowing to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights, means that the trial is likely to drag on yet further. He also again accused the judge ruling on the bias issue of being biased himself.

Christian Engstrom of the Swedish Pirate Party said: "This is part of a pattern. It shows that the Swedish legal system is no longer to be trusted when it comes to copyright cases. It's a travesty of justice quite simply. I've been a lay judge for 7 years and I've never seen an indictment as bad as the Pirate Bay verdict. But that didn't stop the court from setting ridiculous sentences".